Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (NYSE: PVH) is an apparel company, and the world's largest shirt company. It owns brands such as Calvin Klein, Van Heusen, Speedo, Izod, Arrow, Bass and licenses brands such as Geoffrey Beene, BCBG Max Azria, Chaps, Sean John, Kenneth Cole New York, JOE Joseph Abboud and MICHAEL Michael Kors.
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Organization
Phillips-Van Heusen's main headquarters are located in Manhattan, with administrative offices in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, California.
Additional distribution facilities in the United States are located in Brinkley, Arkansas; Austell, Georgia; Jonesville, North Carolina; Breinigsville, Reading and Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania; and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Phillips-Van Heusen has several sourcing facilities worldwide. These facilities are located in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, China, Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Vietnam, The Philippines, and Taiwan. [1]
The corporation employs over 12,000 people worldwide.
History
The history of Phillips-Van Heusen can be traced back to 1876, when G. H. Bass began his shoe manufacturing company in Maine. Separately, John M. Van Heusen and Isaac Phillips met and formed the Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation, and Vin Draddy acquired the rights to the Izod name in the early 1900s.
In 1881, Moses Phillips and his wife Endel began sewing shirts by hand and selling them from pushcarts to local Pottsville, Pennsylvania anthracite coal miners. This grows into a shirt business in New York City that places one of the first ever shirt ads in the Saturday Evening Post.
The Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation received a patent for a self-folding collar in 1919, which was released to the public in 1921 and was successful. The first collar attached shirt was introduced in 1929.
The Bass Weejun was introduced in 1936. Geoffrey Beene shirts were launched in 1982.
In 1987, Phillips-Van Heusen acquired G.H. Bass. In 1995, the corporation acquired the Izod brand, followed by the Arrow brand in 2000, and the Calvin Klein company in 2002. [2]
After acquiring Superba, Inc. in January 2007, PVH now owns necktie licenses for brands such as Arrow, DKNY, Tommy Hilfiger, Nautica, Perry Ellis, Ted Baker, Michael Kors, JOE Joseph Abboud, Original Penguin and Jones New York. [3]
The corporation will begin making men's apparel under the Timberland name in 2008, with women's apparel to follow in 2009, under a licensing agreement. [4]
Distribution
Phillips-Van Heusen provides products to many popular department stores, such as Macys, Kohls, and Dillards, both through its own labels and private label agreements.
Phillips-Van Heusen also sells its products directly to customers through about 700 outlet stores under the brand names Van Heusen, Geoffrey Beene, IZOD, Bass, and Calvin Klein. The outlet stores provide product not available through other retailers, such as the clothing available at Bass clothing stores.
These stores will sell the full range of Calvin Klein product at full price, differing from existing outlet stores. The stores will be about 10,000 square feet. [5]
Phillips-Van Heusen today announced on May 28, 2008 that it has decided not to renew its license agreements to operate Geoffrey Beene outlet retail stores and will close its Geoffrey Beene outlet retail division by the end of fiscal 2008. The expiration of the retail license agreements will not affect the Company's license agreement for Geoffrey Beene brand dress shirts and men's sportswear, which has been renewed for an additional term ending December 31, 2013.
Marketing
Historically, Phillips-Van Heusen has not had a strong advertising presence of its own, preferring to let its department store customers market their products within its stores.
On October 4, 2007, Phillips-Van Heusen announced that it was taking over naming rights to the Meadowlands arena currently known as Continental Airlines Arena. The new name will be IZOD Center. The name change will be effective on October 31, 2007. The corporation will pay about $1.3 million a year over the next five years for the naming rights, and will handle marketing for arena events.
References
- ^ "Join Our Team :: World Locations". Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
- ^ "Our Company :: History". Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
- ^ "Phillips-Van Heusen Corp (PVH) Full Description". Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
- ^ Rich Duprey (2007). "Foolish Forecast: Phillips-Van Heusen Buttons Up". The Motley Fool. Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
- ^ "Calvin Klein, Inc. Announces the Opening of 'Calvin Klein' Branded Freestanding Retail Stores in U.S.". Business Wire (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-14.
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himself album victor entertaiment credit Gordon Hills Johnny Spence Peter Rynston Alan O'day In 1972, MAM/London saw fit to let the U.S. have its first proper Gilbert O'Sullivan record, a repackaging of his 1971 U.K. debut release, Himself. The repackaging included new cover art (with Gilbert sporting the first of his famous G emblazoned varsity sweaters) as well as an altered track listing. Susan Van Heusen and Doing the Best I Can, from the U.K. release, were omitted in favor of We Will and his Number One, U.S. smash Alone Again (Naturally). In an effort to make sure every American knew exactly what they were getting, the album title was even augmented to read, 'Himself (Featuring Alone Again (Naturally))'. The two songs omitted from the original release are missed, mostly, for their role in the nice flow and careful sequencing of Side Two. We Will, however, proved to be a welcome addition to the U.S. version. An epic and beautifully arranged ode to the simple, unspoken promises kept between friends and family, the tune showed that Gilbert O'Sullivan could be as good as Ray Davies at painting touching pictures of the ordinary. Also fantastic is Side One's Permissive Twit, a song about an unplanned pregnancy that, through O'Sullivan's thoughtful treatment, ends up surprisingly warm, witty, and wholesome. January Git and Matrimony roll out the barrel in true dancehall- tradition, while Houdini Said and Thunder and Lightning take a stab at good old piano driven rock & roll. Whether it be the U.K. or U.S. version, Gilbert O'Sullivan's debut is essential to any lover of Beatles-tinged Brit-pop, and any fan of the mundane made profound. ~ J. Scott McClintock, All Music Guide
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I have always enjoyed performing this song at my various gigs. Audiences really like it. So I recorded it for my latest CD, "I'll Take Romance." This is a live version recorded at a small concert in San Antonio. I hope you like it. MUSICIANS: Morris Nelms, piano; Chuck Moses, bass; Eddie Torres, drums. FROM WIKIPEDIA: The music was written by Jimmy Van Heusen, the lyrics by Johnny Burke. The song was published in 1947. One of five songs written by Burke and Van Heusen featured in the Paramount Pictures movie Road to Rio (1947), and sung by Bing Crosby. Johnny Hartman recorded the song for his 1958 album, And I Thought About You.
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Massachusetts jazz band, The Johnny Souza Quartet performs Here's that Rainy Day to a full house of fans. Trumpeter, vocalist and composer Johnny Souza was accompanied by Berklee chair emeritus Paul Schmeling on piano, Marshall Wood on Bass and Steve Silverstein on Drums. PLYMOUTH - " Under the August Moon with the Johnny Souza Quartet presents local jazzman Souza and his group performing tunes from the "Great American Songbook." Last year Souza packed the Otto Fehlow room in his first Dr. Richard M. Shiff Forums presents appearance. Now he's back and ready to deliver another round of music and monologue as he takes his audience back in time to the great years of song." - Old Colony Memorial Newspaper
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Oscar Peterson Trio with Stan Getz - Ballad Medley
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Keywords: 1950s jazz Stan Getz Oscar Peterson Herb Ellis Ray Brown Ballad Medley
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